The Vestibule of Heaven

 

“I knew her, of course, the first time she came to the house. One of the advantages of being dead is the ability to see beneath the surface.”

When professional house-restorer Kelly Mason inherits a historic bungalow from an unknown benefactor, she plans to fix up the house and donate it to the community. But when she visits the place, she feels an unexpected emotional pull and decides to move in. As she works to restore the house, Kelly senses a ghostly presence guiding her to some startling discoveries about her own past. Her coworkers, the McCarthys and especially their enigmatically appealing friend Nathaniel, encourage her to unlock her history and find the home and family she’s never known. But to do so, Kelly must open her rational mind to the unexplainable and her bricked-up heart to forgiveness and love.

Praise for The Vestibule of Heaven

“The story works on multiple levels, where the restoration of a house echoes the rebuilding of a life from the shards of tragedy and trauma. Both tragedy and trauma are heartbreakingly real, but the power of love that transforms both into healing is even more heartbreaking. Highly, highly recommended.” (Nicholas Kotar, author of the Raven Son series)

The Dome-Singer of Falenda

 

People say Danny’s voice is heaven on earth. But now he’s in Falenda, and his voice will have to save a world.

Danny thinks he has it hard enough on Earth: his mother disappeared when he was six, a gang of bullies torments him, and his alcoholic father is threatening to take him out of his beloved choir school. Then he falls into the near-paradisal world of Falenda, where the people communicate telepathically and life is one continual, glorious song. But the harmonious life of the Falendans is threatened by an evil being who is enslaving the Citizens within a great crystal Dome by destroying their telepathic powers. Danny’s never seen himself as a hero. But now, along with Meli, a Falendan girl his own age, he must save Falenda from destruction—and rescue his mother in the process—by climbing the dread Tower of Grozlukh and singing down the Dome.

The Dome-Singer of Falenda is a fantasy novel for ages 10 and up.

Praise for The Dome-Singer of Falenda

“This book is filled with music and beauty, fraught with gripping adventure, and causes the reader to re-think the power of their thoughts. Themes include the power of familial love, the importance of discerning (and valuing) good over evil, and the importance of focus. People of a variety of ages and genders will be entranced by the characters’ journey and uplifted by this beautiful read.”